While fintech had already been on the rise for some time, its growth was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the world in 2020. During the pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures, many people saw their access to traditional banking halls cut off and were forced to seek alternatives.
“Tory Britain. A country we could once be proud of.”
“I needed free food because I didn't have enough money, I didn't have enough food in my child's tummy”.
Food banks are continuing to see "relentless need for help", although the figures represent a "fraction of the UK’s food insecurity picture."
"...families could face disaster.”
It overlooks the fact that for first-time-buyers the problem is not just deposit costs, but low wages that make mortgage rates unaffordable.
"People have no idea how fat they are."
In his podcast, Craig Ross said "people have no idea how fat" people who use food banks are.
Last year the former Labour leader promised to eradicate food bank use if he was elected.